25 Nancy Meyers Living Room Ideas
There are a few things you can guarantee will be in a Nancy Meyers movie: a dreamy kitchen, a beautiful home, and a completely unrealistic romantic plot.
But let’s focus on the home part of that equation.
While we can’t all have the kitchen of our dreams, we can certainly take inspiration from the living rooms in Nancy Meyers movies.
The Something’s Gotta Give living room, the Father of the Bride living room, and the Home Again living room are all iconic.
Let’s take a look at the best living rooms in Nancy Meyers movies and how to get the look for yourself.
1. The Holiday
The Holiday was the first time Meyers worked with production designer Jon Hutman, who has gone on to work with the director on several other films.
Hutman helped create the cozy, yet still grand, British estate where Iris (Kate Winslet) and Arthur (Eli Wallach) spend the holidays.
The living room is the epitome of cozy, with a grand fireplace, plush sofas, and warm lighting.
2. The Intern
In the 2015 movie The Intern, Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway) has a beautiful, airy living room that looks like a place you’d never want to leave.
With a gorgeous fireplace, built-in bookshelves, and plenty of seating, this space is where Jules and her husband,
Matt (Anders Holm), relax with a glass of wine and talk about their day.
3. The Holiday
In Nancy Meyers’
The Holiday, the Los Angeles home of Amanda Woods (Cameron Diaz) features a cozy living room with a neutral color scheme and a large, inviting sofa.
The room also includes a grand piano, which sets the stage for a pivotal scene in the film.
4. Something’s Gotta Give
In Something’s Gotta Give, Diane Keaton’s character Erica Barry is a successful playwright with a stunning beach house.
The living room is the perfect mix of coastal and traditional styles.
The white walls and ceiling are a blank canvas for the blue and white accents throughout the room.
The living room is open to the dining room, and the two spaces are connected by a large area rug.
The living room area rug is blue and white, and the dining room rug is white with a blue border.
5. The Intern
The set of The Intern was built from the ground up, and the living room in the Brooklyn brownstone where Ben (Robert De Niro) lives is a sight to behold.
The space is a mix of traditional and modern, with a cozy fireplace, a grand piano, and a mix of classic and contemporary art.
Nancy and set decorator Heather Loeffler filled the room with a mix of neutral tones, with a pop of blue in the rug.
The room is also filled with personal touches, like a gallery wall of family photos and a curated bookshelf.
6. The Holiday
In one of the two homes featured in The Holiday, Nancy Meyers created a cozy, country living room.
The room features a mix of patterns and textures, including a floral sofa, a plaid armchair, and a paisley rug.
The room has a warm color scheme and a large, ornate fireplace.
The white built-ins are filled with books and decorative objects, and the room is filled with fresh flowers.
7. It’s Complicated
The 2009 film It’s Complicated stars Meryl Streep as a divorced woman who starts an affair with her ex-husband (Alec Baldwin).
The film is set in Santa Barbara, California, and the home exteriors were actually shot in Pasadena.
The living room is the main setting for the movie, and it’s the epitome of Nancy Meyers style.
The room is filled with natural light, and the white walls and ceiling make the space feel even bigger.
The large windows and French doors let in plenty of sunlight and give the room a view of the lush backyard.
8. What Women Want
In What Women Want, we get a rare glimpse of a Nancy Meyers living room that isn’t in a home owned by a wealthy, single woman.
Helen Hunt’s character, Darcy, is a single mom with a daughter and a dog, and her house is cozy and warm, with a touch of country mixed in.
9. It’s Complicated
The living room in Jane’s (Meryl Streep) Santa Barbara home is a dream. The huge windows and vaulted ceilings make the space feel open and airy.
The large sectional sofa is perfect for entertaining, and the color scheme is classic, but not boring.
10. The Parent Trap
In the 1998 version of The Parent Trap, Elizabeth James (Natasha Richardson) has a beautiful home perfect for any Nancy Meyers movie.
The living room features a grand piano, a fireplace, and a cozy dining nook. The real star of the space is the yellow, blue, and white color scheme.
11. Something’s Gotta Give
When it came to the beach house in Something’s Gotta Give, Meyers and set decorator Beth Rubino had two goals:
to create a space that felt like a real home and to make it feel like a character in the film.
“I wanted the house to be the house that everyone would like to have, and I wanted the audience to feel like they were walking into a real house,
” Meyers told Architectural Digest.
In the living room, an oversized fireplace is the focal point of the space and the perfect spot to gather around on a cozy night.
12. The Holiday
Amanda’s (Cameron Diaz) Los Angeles mansion is the definition of a dream home. The living room is spacious, yet inviting.
The fireplace is the focal point of the room, and the mantle is decorated with a mix of family photos and candles.
The room is designed with a neutral color palette, but there are pops of color throughout the space.
The room is centered around a large area rug, and the furniture is arranged to create a cozy atmosphere.
13. Father of the Bride
In the 1991 version of Father of the Bride, George (Steve Martin) and Nina Banks (Diane Keaton) live in a two-story, white Colonial home in San Marino, California.
The home was designed by architect Wallace Neff in 1929 and was used in the movie as the Banks’ home.
The home has been renovated and updated many times over the years, but the original living room is still the same.
The living room is a mix of cream and white with a large fireplace and French doors that open to the back patio.
14. What Women Want
The 2000 rom-com What Women Want starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt is a classic. In the movie,
Mel Gibson’s character has the ability to hear what women are thinking. It’s a fun concept and the movie is just as fun.
Helen Hunt’s character’s living room is a bit more traditional than other Nancy Meyers living rooms, but it’s just as cozy.
I love the color palette of this room and the way the light from the windows just fills the space.
15. It’s Complicated
Jane, played by Meryl Streep, has a beautiful home in Santa Barbara.
The dark wood furniture, gold accents, and cozy fireplace make the space perfect for a sophisticated woman like Jane.
The living area is open to the kitchen, and the large windows allow for a beautiful view of the outdoors.
16. The Parent Trap
When it comes to movie houses, the London home from 1998’s The Parent Trap is the star of the show.
While Annie and Hallie’s bedrooms are the most iconic rooms in the house, the living room is a close second.
The cozy space is a great example of how to layer textures in a room.
The velvet, suede, and leather furniture all add a warm touch to the room, while the patterned rug and pillows add a pop of color.
17. The Holiday
The Holiday, one of the most iconic Christmas movies of the 21st century, features not one, but two incredible living room sets.
First, we have the cozy English cottage of Iris (Kate Winslet).
This living room is all about the fireplace, with a beautiful mantel and hearth that’s the focal point of the space.
The built-in bookshelves are filled with personal mementos and books, and a large mirror above the fireplace helps to visually expand the room.
18. The Intern
The living room in the Brooklyn brownstone where Ben (Robert De Niro) lives in
The Intern is a bit of a throwback to the one in Something’s Gotta Give, which Meyers also designed.
It has the same cozy, casual-yet-elegant vibe, but with a little more color and a little less clutter.
19. It’s Complicated
Meryl Streep’s character in It’s Complicated is living her best life in this Santa Barbara mansion.
The living room is a mix of elegant and cozy, with a large fireplace and plenty of seating.
The light blue and cream color scheme looks beautiful against the backdrop of palm trees.
And can we talk about that lighting? Nancy knows how to light a room.
20. The Parent Trap
This is the London home of Elizabeth James (Natasha Richardson), a wedding dress designer.
The house is so stunning that it was actually a real house in Napa Valley, California.
The living room is very elegant and traditional, with a blue and white color scheme.
The Parent Trap was the first movie that Meyers directed, and you can see her love for symmetry and classic design in every scene.
21. What Women Want
In this 2000 film, Nick (Mel Gibson) is a man who is able to hear what women think.
Darcy (Helen Hunt) is a woman who is trying to make her way in a man’s world.
Her living room is filled with soft, feminine details, from the pastel color scheme to the floral print on the upholstery and curtains.
The room is a reflection of her character and the struggles she faces.
22. The Holiday
The Holiday is one of the most iconic Nancy Meyers movies, as it follows two women who swap homes for the holidays.
Amanda (Cameron Diaz) stays in Iris’s (Kate Winslet) cozy English cottage while Iris heads to Amanda’s luxurious Los Angeles mansion.
The mansion is a sight to see, but let’s focus on Iris’s home.
The living room is everything you’d expect from a quaint English cottage.
The exposed wooden beams, the cozy fireplace, and the built-in bookshelves are just a few of the highlights.
23. It’s Complicated
Who wouldn’t want to live in Jane Adler’s (Meryl Streep) Santa Barbara home?
This is the third time in the Nancy Meyers universe that we see a home that’s been designed by the director herself.
This living room is the perfect mix of cozy and sophisticated.
24. The Parent Trap
The Parent Trap is another Nancy Meyers film with a lot of different living room scenes.
The character of Nick has a beach house in the film, and there are plenty of living room scenes that take place there.
This one is from the scene where Nick and Elizabeth are talking about their relationship.
25. Baby Boom
In this 1987 film, J.C. (Diane Keaton) inherits a baby from a distant relative and moves from her New York City apartment to a quaint farmhouse in Vermont.
The film is not only filled with cozy New England vibes, but the set design is also one of Meyers’ best.
Conclusion
Her most recent movie, The Intern, is about a young woman who starts her own company and hires an older man as her intern.
The interior of her company has a lot of white and glass, but the apartment of the older man is very traditional.
The living room is filled with dark wood and traditional furniture. The movie is about the contrast between the two characters – the young woman who is very modern and the older man who is very traditional.
The interior design of the movie sets up that contrast in a very interesting way.
